jecur

jĕcur ( jŏcur, Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 76 Sillig. N. cr. ), jecŏris, jĕcĭnŏris, and jĕcĭnŏris, n. [kindred to Sanscr. yakrit, jecur, and Gr. hêpar], the liver.— Lit.:

cerebrum, cor, pulmones, jecur: haec enim sunt domicilia vitae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 99:

portae jecoris,

id. ib. 2, 55, 137:

jecorum,

id. Div. 1, 52, 118:

caput jecoris,

Liv. 8, 9:

alterius quoque visceris morbus id est jocinoris, etc.,

Cels. 2, 8.—The goose's liver was considered a delicacy, Plin. 10, 22, 26, § 52; Mart. 13, 58, 1; Juv. 5, 114; Hor. S. 2, 8, 88. So, too, that of swine, Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 209.—

II.

Esp. as the seat of the soul and affections:

non ancilla tuum jecur ulceret ulla puerve,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 72:

fervens difficili bile tumet jecur,

id. C. 1, 13, 4:

quanta siccum jecur ardeat ira,

Juv. 1, 45:

rabie jecur incendente feruntur,

id. 6, 647.—As the seat of the understanding: en cor Zenodoti, en jecur Cratetis, Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11.